I traded for a S&W SD40 last night and S&W hit a home run, if no issues creep up.
The SD40 is like a cross between the M&P and Sigma with the price point about $50 more then a Sigma, putting the SD40 around $400. The SD40 appears to have an upgraded Sigma frame. The same ergonomics of the Sigma, but with a standard picatinny rail. The frame has the right amount of texture for me (front and back strap) but the mag release isn't amb, only right handed. It's a striker fire trigger system SW is calling the SDT. The trigger is not gritty and heavy like the Sigma, but more on lines of the M&P.
The slide appears very similar to the M&P, the dealer told me the slide was "carbon steel" w/ a melonite finish. The web site states the slide is stainless steel w/ melonite finish, I won't know how to check that. The SD40 has serrations similar to the M&P. The sights are metal with only the front sight being tritium (night sight) and it comes w/ two 14rnd mags.
I fired approximately 300rnd of various ammo (180grn Federal Hi-Shok?, 155grn and 165grn American Eagle, 165grn Federal HST and 165grn Speer) and not one hic-cup. I was use to the trigger after about the third mag, more of a DA/SA shooter. The SD40 trigger was breaking in as the round count increased an it handled the recoil well. I was shooting the center out of a B27 target at 15yards, that's combat accurate in my book. FYI: I didn't clean/oil the gun prior to shooting, purchased and onto the range.
We'll have to wait and see how durable the SD40 is with a higher round count. I'm hoping S&W tested the SD40 thoroughly prior to letting it hit the sales floor, I had an early M&P w/ issues.
The SD40 is like a cross between the M&P and Sigma with the price point about $50 more then a Sigma, putting the SD40 around $400. The SD40 appears to have an upgraded Sigma frame. The same ergonomics of the Sigma, but with a standard picatinny rail. The frame has the right amount of texture for me (front and back strap) but the mag release isn't amb, only right handed. It's a striker fire trigger system SW is calling the SDT. The trigger is not gritty and heavy like the Sigma, but more on lines of the M&P.
The slide appears very similar to the M&P, the dealer told me the slide was "carbon steel" w/ a melonite finish. The web site states the slide is stainless steel w/ melonite finish, I won't know how to check that. The SD40 has serrations similar to the M&P. The sights are metal with only the front sight being tritium (night sight) and it comes w/ two 14rnd mags.
I fired approximately 300rnd of various ammo (180grn Federal Hi-Shok?, 155grn and 165grn American Eagle, 165grn Federal HST and 165grn Speer) and not one hic-cup. I was use to the trigger after about the third mag, more of a DA/SA shooter. The SD40 trigger was breaking in as the round count increased an it handled the recoil well. I was shooting the center out of a B27 target at 15yards, that's combat accurate in my book. FYI: I didn't clean/oil the gun prior to shooting, purchased and onto the range.
We'll have to wait and see how durable the SD40 is with a higher round count. I'm hoping S&W tested the SD40 thoroughly prior to letting it hit the sales floor, I had an early M&P w/ issues.
